Planning can be a complex task depending on the factors at play such as time, participants, and topics.

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Planning can be a complex task depending on the factors at play such as time, participants, and topics.Since 2012 a Swedish firm called MethodKit has dedicated itself to designing kits to simplify task in many professional disciplines using cards that raise an issue and guide the discussion.Initially, these kits were oriented towards design and digital technology, however, with such a collaborative and easy to use tool they were expanded to architecture and urban planning.

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One of the firm?s most recent releases involves the latter discipline. "MethodKit for Cities," is a kit aimed at architects, citizens, students, social organizations, planners, etc. to participate in constructing their environments.To find out more about this kit Plataforma Urbana talked with the founder of the firm, Ola Möller, who is also the co-author of this kit along with architect Jordan Lane.According to them, the idea behind creating this material for cities was "the need to create a visual tool that is deliberately simple and easy to use." So this kit is "a visual overview of the most important elements, actions, and aspects that make up the fabric of a city."
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This means that kit creates an opportunity to talk about public spaces, environme...